Reel for paper-making machines.



N0. 653,583. Patented-July 10, I900.

J. W. MOORE G. J. A. WHITE.

REEL FUR PAPER MAKING MACHINES.

(Application filed Feb. 27, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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No. 653,583. Patenteh July l0, I900.

.1. w. MOORE & J. AQWHITE. REEL FOB PAPER MAKING MACHINES.

(Application filed Feb. 27, 1899.) (No Model.)

3 Sheets-Sheet 2 'N-ITED STATES P-ATEN T JOHN WA REN MOORE AND JOSEPHATwooD WHITE,-OF PHILADELPHIA,

. PENNSYLVANIA.

REEL FOR PAPER-MAKING MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming" part of Letters Patent No. 653,583, dated July10, 1900. Application filed February 27, 1.899- Serial No. 707,040. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern;

Be it known that we, JOHN WARREN MOORE and JOSEPH ATWOOD WHITE, citizensof the United States, and residents of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain Improvements in Reels for Paper-Making Machines, ofwhich the following is'a specification.

Our invention relates to certain improvements in reeling and unreelingmechanism for paper-making machines. I

The objects of our invention are to prevent unnecessary waste of thepaper-stock, to more rapidly and accurately wind the stock upon thereels, and to provide mechanism by which the paper can be fed from thereels to the slitting-machines. These objects We attain in the followingmanner, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure l is a side View of our improved reel, showing a portion of thecalendering-rolls and a portion of the slitting-machine. Fig. 2 is afront view of the reel looking in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 1.Fig. 3is a sectional View on the line 3 3, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a sectionthrough one of the clutches. Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the apronfor guiding the paper to the reel. Fig. 6 is a sectional detail of themeans for longitudinally adjusting the reel-shafts, and Fig. 7 is amodification of the driving-gear.

A is the reel.

B is a stack of calendering-rolls, and O is the slitting-machine.

A are the standards, having bearings a for the reel-shaft D. On theshaft D are two hubs D, each hub having in the present in stance twoarms at 01, provided with boxes d at theirouter ends. In these boxes aremounted the shafts e of the rolls E E, on which the paper is reeled. Theshaft D can be revolved so as to shift the rolls E E from one positionto another by means of a worm-wheel f, meshing with a worm f on theshaft F, geared to a shaft F through a bevel-pinion f and bevelwheel fThe bevel-pinion f isloose on its shaft and is secured to the looseportion of the clutch F, the other portion of the clutch being rigid onthe shaft F. I The shaft F is driven from any suitable source of powerby a" belt passing around a belt-wheelf. By throwing in the clutch theshaft will be revolved and the reel-dru ms will be shifted and the shaftwill be locked in the shifted position by means of the worm andworm-wheel gearing. The drums E are driven at a given speed, accordingto the travel of the paper through the machine. On each drum-shaft e isa clutch E of any of the ordinary forms, so that by shiftingeither ofthe clutch-levers 6 their respective shafts Q can be throwninto or outof gear with the driving mechanism.

G is the driving-shaft, having a belt-pulley g, which is preferablybelted to the driving mechanism of the calendering-rolls. On the shaft Gis a pinion g, gearing with an intermediate g on a stud projecting fromthe frame of the machine, and this intermediate in turn gears with awide-faced gear-wheel G, Fig. 2', loosely mounted on the shaft D.Meshing with this gear-wheel are pinions g on sleeves 6 adapted tobearings in the arms of a frame D mounted on the shaft D. On the oppo--site end of each sleeve 6 is a portion of the clutch E The shafts e arecoupled to the sleeves e by the clutches E described above. By thisgearing or its equivalent the reels are driven at about the same speedas the calenderi ng-rolls, so that as the calendering-rolls deliver thepaper thelower reel will windit up.

Two gear-wheels may be used side by side and secured together in placeof the widefaced gear-wheel G, or a wheel having external and internalteeth may be used, as shown in Fig. '7.

The shafts e e of the rolls E E can be adj usted longitudinally in theirbearings by means of an adjustingscrew it, having a hand-wheel 72. Theadjusting-screws h are adapted to threaded openings in the arms (I d,respectively, and adapted to a groove in each shaft E is a collar 79,through which the screw passes. On turning the screw the shaft will beadjusted longitudinally, so that the paper will be properly reeled as itis delivered from the calendering-rolls. The clutch end of each shafthas a keyway for the reception of a key on one part of the clutch, sothat it can freely slide within the clutch when adjusted by the screw h.On each clutch is a friction-wheel 1', adapted to mesh with afriction-wheel c" on a driving-shaft I. One end of this shaft I isadapted to a pivot-bearingt' in one of the standards A, while the otherend of the shaft is adapted to abearingin an arm i of a rock-shaft I,having another arm i connected by a rod i to an arm j on the rock-shaftJ, mounted in bearings on the frame of the slitting-machine O. The shaftJ extends from one side of the slitting-machine to the other and has ahand-lever j within easy reach of the operator, so that when it isdesired to draw thelpaper from the upper reel and feed it to theslitting-machine all that is necessary is to move the leverj so as toforce the friction-wheel t" into contact with the friction-wheel'i ofthe reel, when the reel will be turned and the paper fed from the reel.It can then be adjusted to the rolls of the slitting-machine without thenecessity of the operator pulling the paper, as heretofore.

On the shafts e e are friction-wheels K, to which are adapted suitablefriction-levers. In the present instance there are two levers k for eachwheel K. These levers are carried by studs 01 on the arms of one of thehubs D. The free ends of the levers are connected together by a bolt 7;,on which is a thumb-nut k On turning the thumb-nut more or less frictioncan be applied to the brake-levers as required to properly feed thepaper to the slitting-machine. The brakelevers k are loose on the stud(i so that they will not interfere with the longitudinal adjustment ofthe shaft e.

Pivoted at min the present instance to the housings of thecalendering-rolls Bis a frame M, in the present instance formed of twoarms M and cross-shafts m m. The crossshaft m is the pivot for theframe, and on this shaft are a series of rollers m and on thecross-shaft m are a series of rollers m Passing around these rollers arefeed belts or aprons M to direct the paper from the calendering-rolls tothe reels. This construction is clearly shown in Fig. 5. In someinstances a single wide feed-belt may be used instead of the seriesshown. The feed-belts pass under the lowermost drum for the paper andconform to the drum and to the paper as it While we have shown simplyone weight,.

weights may be used on each side of the frame.

On the slitting-machine O is a drum 0, over which the paper passes fromthe slitters c to be rolled in rolls for delivery. This drum we mount insuitable bearings, so that it will revolve freely, and on the shaft ofthe drum is a friction-wheel o, and pivoted to the frame arefriction-levers 0 coupled together by a bolt 0 and a nut 0 By turningthe nut more or less friction can be applied to the drum, and thus thenecessary tension for the paper as it travels over the drum is provided.If it is desired to have a tight roll of paper, the tension is soarranged as to take the strain oif the paper between the reel A and theslittingmachine, as the ordinary paper will not stand the tensionrequired and will tear at this point, and to obviate this we regulatethe friction as the paper passes over the drum C so as to produce atight finished roll without strain upon the paper as it leaves the reel.

The operation of the machine is as follows: The paper from thecalendering-rolls is directed at once onto the apron M and fed betweenthe apron and the roll and passes out back of the reel. The operatorstanding at this point examines the paper and as soon as the paperappears in good condition the refuse is torn oif and the paper as it isfed through is turned around the roll E, which in the present instanceis the lower roll of the reel, and the paper quickly winds upon theroll. The paper can be moistened to make it adhere to the roll, ifnecessary, but with a little care it can be readily started withoutmoistening. The speed of the roll at its smallest diameter is about thesame as that of the oalendering-rolls and is driven by slipping belt orfriction,so that the paper is rolled as soon as it is delivered untilthe proper size of the roll is reached. In the meantime the upper rollE, on which the paper has been previously reeled, is in position to havethe paper drawn off and fed to the slitting-machine. This is done byoperating the lever j, described above, and throwing into gear thefriction mechanism by which the paper is unreeled, and the operator canreadily feed it to the slitting-machine. Thus the paper is unwound fromone reel as it is wound upon the other. As soon as this one reel isdischarged and the other reel filled the mechanism for turning the shaftD is thrown into gear, and this shaft is turned in the direction of thearrow 1,Fig. 1. The paper continues to be wound upon a roll E until theroll E is in the position forthe paper to be reeled upon it. The paperwhile the rolls are in this position passes around the empty roll and isstill fed onto the upper roll. When everything is in position, the paperis out between the two rolls and the end of the paper going from thecalendering-rolls is drawn around the lower empty roll and immediatelythis roll begins be used or the reel may be provided with more than tworolls without departing from our invention.

We claim as our invention-- 1. The combination in a reel forpaper-making machines, of supports, a carrier, a rollshaft on thecarrier, mechanism for driving the said roll-shaft, and mechanism forturning the carrier, with a feed-apron having a portion of its surfacein contact with the roll to feed the paper thereto, substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination in areel for paper-making machines, of the standards,a shaft, hubs on said shaft having two arms, a roll-shaft carried byeach arm, mechanism for driving the said roll-shafts independently,mechanism for turning the main shaft soas to reverse the rolls, and afeed-apron having a portion of its surface in contact with the roll onwhich the paper is to be reeled, substantially as described.

3. The combination in a reel for paper-making machines, of the shaft onwhich the paper is to be reeled, means for turning said shaft, anendless feed-belt, a frame carrying said belt, with means for keeping aportion of the belt in contact with the paper as it is reeled upon theshaft, substantially as described.

4.. The combination of a reel-carrier, reels thereon, means for turningthe reel-carrier to reverse the position of the reels, drums on thereel-shafts on which the paper is to be wound, means for driving saidreel-shaf ts, clutch mechanism for throwing either one or the other ofthe reels out of engagement with the main driving mechanism, andfriction mechanism for driving the reels when thus disengaged wherebythe paper may be unrolled therefrom, substantially as described.

5. The combination in a reel of the main shaft, the two hubs thereonhaving arms, two or more reel-shafts carried by the arms, mechanismforturning the main shaft and independent mechanism for turning the reels,a friction-wheel on each reel-shaft, pivoted friction-levers adapted tothe wheels and independent mechanism for driving the reelshafts tounwind the paper, substantially as described.

6. The combination of a main shaft, arms projecting from the main shaft,a reel-shaft mounted in said arms on which the paper is to be reeled,means for revolving said reelshaft, an adjusting-screw adapted to one ofthe arms and projecting through a sleeve on the shaft so as tolongitudinally adjust said shaft in its bearings, a friction-wheel onthe shaft, friction-levers adapted to the wheel andloosely mounted on astud projecting from the arm so that the friction mechanism will movewith the shaft when it is adjusted, substantially as described.

7. The combination of the standards, a main shaft supported on saidstandards having two hubs, two or more arms projecting from each hub andcarrying reels on which wheel on the main shaft, clutch mechanismbetween the short shafts and the reel-shafts, and independent means fordriving said loose gear-wheel so that the speed of the reels will equalthe speed of the paper delivered thereto whereby the even wrapping ofthe latter is facilitated, substantially as described.

8. The combination in a paper-reeling ma chine, of a main shaft, two ormore reel-shafts carried by said main shaft, means for rotat= ing themain shaft and independent means for rotating the reel-shafts, twopivoted arms, rollers thereon, a feed-belt mounted on the rollers andadapted to be traversed by frictional contact with the driven reel orthe paper thereon and means for keeping said feedbelt in contact withthe paper on the reel, substantially as described.

9. The combination of a stand of calendering-rolls, a reel for thepaper, a feed belt or apron mounted between one of said rolls and thereel, a carrier for said belt pivoted at the frame of thecalendering-rolls, and means for raising the opposite end of saidcarrier to keep the feed-belt in contact with the paper as it is reeled,substantially as described.

10. The combination in a reel, of a reelshaft on which the paper isreeled, a frictionwheel on said reel-shaft, a lever,a driven shaftcarried by said lever and having a frictionwheel engaging with thefriction-wheel on the reel-shaft, with means for moving the said leverto throw the friction-wheel into and out of contact with thefriction-wheel on the reelshaft, substantially as described.

11. The combination of a main shaft, two reel-shafts carried thereby,means for turning the main shaft so as to shift the reel-shafts andindependent means for driving the reelshafts to wind the paper thereon,frictionwheels on each reel-shaft, a lever, a drivingshaft carriedthereby, said shaft having a friction-wheel adapted to one of thereelfriction-wheels,a slitting-machine through which the paper is carriedfrom the reel, a rock-shaft on the said slitting-machine and having anoperating-handle on one end, an arm on the opposite end, a rodconnecting said arm with the arm of a lever carrying the friction-wheelso that said friction-wheel can be thrown into and out of gear,substantially as described.

12. The combination in a reel for paper making machines, of a standard,a rotary reelframe having two arms, reels carried by said arms oppositeeach other, and gearing by which the reels are driven in the same direc=tion, the reel on which the paper is being wrapped being below thecenter of the reelframe so that when said frame is turned, the

, same after it has been separated from the filled reel will be movedaway-from the paper- In testimony whereof we have signed our :0 supplyand the empty reel will take a position names to this specification inthe presence of at a point below the center of the frame with twosubscribing Witnesses.

the paper extending from the filled reel par- JOHN WARREN MOORE tiallysurroundin" the surface of the empty 7 7 reel so that it oan be readilyrolled upon the JOSEPH ATWOOD lVitnesses:

WILL. A. BARR,

paper carried by the full reel, substantially Jos. II. KLEIN.

as described.

